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1860 in archaeology
Below are notable events in
archaeology
that occurred in
1860
.
Explorations
Ernest Renan
visits the
Roman temple of Bziza
.
Excavations
Giuseppe Fiorelli
takes charge of excavations at
Pompeii
.
Ernest Renan
makes excavations at
Byblos
.
Excavation of
Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles
on
Holy Island, Anglesey
, off the coast of Wales.
Finds
ÃÂdouard Lartet
discovers
stone tool
s (of a type already found in
England
) at
Aurignac
.
Cornet De Groot rediscovers
Muara Takus
Buddhist temple complex in Indonesia.
Atalante Hermes
from
Atalante
and
Hermes of Aegium
from
Aegium
in
Greece
.
Publications
Births
July 15 -
Max von Oppenheim
,
German
Near East
ern
archaeologist
(d.
1946
).
November 8 -
Francis J. Haverfield
,
English
Romano-British
archaeologist (d.
1919
).
See also
List of years in archaeology
1859 in archaeology
1861 in archaeology
References